<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:series="http://unfoldingneurons.com/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Small Business Conversations by Network Solutions &#187; business owners</title>
	<atom:link href="http://blog.networksolutions.com/tag/business-owners/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://blog.networksolutions.com</link>
	<description>Small Business tips, interviews and conversations that provide advice and discussion about small business.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:00:28 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Meet Our Facebook Small Business People of the Week for 01/20/10</title>
		<link>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2010/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-012010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2010/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-012010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Fisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.networksolutions.com/?p=22351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Direct from our Network Solutions Facebook Fan Page we are up to 267 fans as of this morning and growing. This page is becoming the central resource dedicated to small businesses and fans of Network Solutions.
We are always looking for great entrepreneurs and small businesses to share their stories and tell us about themselves.
As our regular [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019"><img class="alignleft" title="network-solutions-facebook-page" src="http://blog.networksolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/network-solutions-facebook-page-150x150.png" alt="network-solutions-facebook-page" width="125" height="125" /></a>Direct from our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019">Network Solutions Facebook Fan Page</a> we are up to 267 fans as of this morning and growing. This page is becoming the central resource dedicated to small businesses and fans of Network Solutions.</p>
<p>We are always looking for great entrepreneurs and small businesses to share their stories and tell us about themselves.</p>
<p>As our regular feature, we asked some small business owners to introduce themselves and their businesses. So with that, let&#8217;s meet our Facebook Small Business People of the Week:</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="Jeremy Epstein" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v229/1004/9/q582724668_1715.jpg" alt="" width="50" height="50" /><a onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:74:190173166019:::0:::255081706526::&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/jer979?ref=mf">Jeremy Epstein</a> The venerable <a title="To tag someone, type @ and then the friend's name" href="/profile.php?id=524378309">Shashi Bellamkonda</a> invited me to &#8220;introduce myself and let the other members of the Network Solutions Facebook community know about what you do and how they can help.&#8221;</p>
<ul>
<li>1. Introduction- Live by the mantra &#8220;Never Stop Marketing&#8221; see<a title="To tag someone, type @ and then the friend's name" href="/profile.php?id=96050951133">Never Stop Marketing</a></li>
<li>2. Help clients understand why it&#8217;s not about social media, it&#8217;s about the changes brought about as a result of social media see eBook: DANDELION MARKETING: How to Increase Your Odds of &#8216;Going Viral&#8217; <a onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &quot;8c010db1597a35a6f7c347079fa58d8a&quot;, event)" rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/5lSm3g" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/5lSm3g</a></li>
<li>3. How you can help? Test out the eBook or the blog www.neverstopmarketing.com and ONLY if you find value in it, please share it&#8230;and then challenge my assumptions <img src='http://blog.networksolutions.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
</ul>
<p>Looking forward to meeting y&#8217;all.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="Kami Watson Huyse" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v229/1142/78/q513491408_2086.jpg" alt="" width="50" height="50" /><a onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:100:513491408::190173166019:0:::250341086019::&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/kamichat?ref=mf">Kami Watson Huyse</a> Looking forward to getting to know this community better. I would love to get some examples of companies that use generosity (giving back) to differentiate themselves from their competitors for some business research I am doing this year to benefit the business community.</p>
<div>
<div>
<h3><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;">If you haven&#8217;t connected with these people on Facebook you should do and tell them you found out about them on Solutions Are Power.</span></h3>
</div>
</div>
<p>Do You Want to Be Higlighted in Our Small Business People of the Week? Head over to our Facebook Page!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, become a fan, leave a message on the wall and you too might be profiled in our small businesses of the week here on the blog. You can find our fan page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2010/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-012010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Meet Our Facebook Small Business People of the Week for 01/13/10</title>
		<link>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2010/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-01-13-10/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2010/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-01-13-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Fisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.networksolutions.com/?p=21892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Direct from our Network Solutions Facebook Fan Page we are up to 256 members as of this morning and growing. This page is becoming the central resource dedicated to small businesses and fans of Network Solutions.
We are always looking for great entrepreneurs and small businesses to share their stories and tell us about themselves.
As our regular [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019"><img class="alignleft" title="network-solutions-facebook-page" src="http://blog.networksolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/network-solutions-facebook-page-150x150.png" alt="network-solutions-facebook-page" width="125" height="125" /></a>Direct from our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019">Network Solutions Facebook Fan Page</a> we are up to 256 members as of this morning and growing. This page is becoming the central resource dedicated to small businesses and fans of Network Solutions.</p>
<p>We are always looking for great entrepreneurs and small businesses to share their stories and tell us about themselves.</p>
<p>As our regular feature, we asked some small business owners to introduce themselves and their businesses. <strong><em>So with that, let&#8217;s meet our Facebook Small Business People of the Week:</em></strong></p>
<div>
<div>
<h3 style="font-size: 13px; color: #333333; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v227/1978/66/q724289866_3301.jpg" alt="Joel Libava" width="50" height="50" /><a style="cursor: pointer; color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:74:190173166019:::0:::246228778540::&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/joel.libava?ref=mf">Joel Libava</a> </span><span>I was asked to introduce myself, so here goes; I&#8217;m The Franchise King® I do a few different things, and they are all related to the franchise and small business community. 1. I help others all over the USA find great franchises to own. 2. I am quite active in social media, and have several blogs and sites of my own.</span></h3>
<p><span><img class="alignleft" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v223/1542/117/q837010452_4651.jpg" alt="Duncan Alney" width="50" height="50" /></span></p>
<h3 style="font-size: 13px; color: #333333; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a style="cursor: pointer; color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:74:190173166019:::0:::235826823457::&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/duncan.alney?ref=mf">Duncan Alney</a> </span><span>Hi everybody! I&#8217;m Duncan Alney. I came to America (from the swami&#8217;s home country &#8211; India) to be a cowboy (although I realized that horses just ain&#8217;t my thing and that I love living in Indianapolis). I&#8217;ve made two award winning short films and run an online magazine called Passionati -<a style="cursor: pointer; color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &quot;2edaf957019174e9fc703da5af26bf67&quot;, event)" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.passionati.com" target="_blank">http://www.passionati.com</a></span></h3>
</div>
</div>
<p><em><strong>If you haven&#8217;t connected with these people on Facebook you should do and tell them you found out about them on Solutions Are Power.</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Do You Want to Be Higlighted in Our Small Business People of the Week? Head over to our Facebook Page!</strong></em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, become a fan, leave a message on the wall and you too might be profiled in our small businesses of the week here on the blog. You can find our fan page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2010/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-01-13-10/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Meet Our Facebook Small Business People of the Week for 12/21/09</title>
		<link>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2009/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-122109/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2009/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-122109/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Fisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.networksolutions.com/?p=20082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that might not have heard, Network Solutions  launched its new Network Solutions Facebook Fan Page last week. We are already up to 190 members and growing. This page is becoming the central resource dedicated to small businesses and fans of Network Solutions.
This week we have been holding our &#8220;Twelve Days of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019"><img class="alignleft" title="network-solutions-facebook-page" src="http://blog.networksolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/network-solutions-facebook-page-150x150.png" alt="network-solutions-facebook-page" width="150" height="150" /></a>For those of you that might not have heard, Network Solutions  launched its new <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019">Network Solutions Facebook Fan Page</a> last week. We are already up to 190 members and growing. This page is becoming the central resource dedicated to small businesses and fans of Network Solutions.</p>
<p>This week we have been holding our &#8220;<strong>Twelve Days of Business Tips Holiday Sweepstakes</strong>&#8221; and we have been getting some great insight and tips from all of you.</p>
<p>As our regular feature, we asked some small business owners to introduce themselves and their businesses. So with that, let&#8217;s meet our Facebook Small Business People of the Week:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Here are some new people that you should get to know if you don&#8217;t already:</strong></em></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><a title="Jason Keath" onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:100:36603131::190173166019:0:::209556876019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/jasonkeath?ref=mf"><img class="alignleft" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v222/1323/35/q36603131_677.jpg" alt="Jason Keath" width="50" height="50" /></a><span><a onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:100:36603131::190173166019:0:::209556876019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/jasonkeath?ref=mf">Jason Keath</a> </span>I know about Network Solutions mainly from the great work that <a title="To tag someone, type @ and then the friend's name" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524378309">Shashi Bellamkonda</a> does on their behalf on Twitter and at conferences. I am thankful for his contributions to the larger online and social media community.<span>Looking forward to having him speak at our upcoming <a title="To tag someone, type @ and then the friend's name" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=82709178769">Social Fresh</a> Nashville event in January.</span></div>
</div>
<p><a title="Patti Vidal Osterheld" onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:100:100000159684347::190173166019:0:::207558721019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000159684347&amp;ref=mf"><img class="alignleft" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v228/1052/4/q100000159684347_2283.jpg" alt="Patti Vidal Osterheld" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
<p><span><a onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:100:100000159684347::190173166019:0:::207558721019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000159684347&amp;ref=mf">Patti Vidal Osterheld</a> has some great green </span><span>Small Business Advice: &#8220;I try to keep my office green. I set out a box for used paper and once a month I use a paper cutter to cut 3X5 papers to use as scratch pads for all employees. We save money on notepads and it&#8217;s good for the environment.</span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><a title="Jason Keath" onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:100:36603131::190173166019:0:::209556876019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/jasonkeath?ref=mf"><br />
</a><span> </span></div>
</div>
<p><a title="Lucretia Madden Pruitt" onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:100:1057852077::190173166019:0:::206839046019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/LucretiaPruitt?ref=mf"><img class="alignleft" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v228/144/14/q1057852077_3968.jpg" alt="Lucretia Madden Pruitt" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a rel="dialog" href="http://www.facebook.com/ajax/minifeed/remove_confirm.php?story_id=div_story_786729100_206839046019&amp;profile_id=190173166019&amp;story_key=8424642&amp;story_type=100&amp;handler=prof"><span> </span></a><a onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:100:1057852077::190173166019:0:::206839046019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/LucretiaPruitt?ref=mf">Lucretia Madden Pruitt</a> As for what I do? I&#8217;m currently partner in a small Social Media Marketing firm. We work with individuals, small businesses, and even large corporations to help provide strategy for them to add Social Media marketing to their overall marketing strat<span> </span>egy. We provide 19th century marketing skills with 21st century tools.</p>
<div>
<div><span> </span></div>
</div>
<input name="link_data" type="hidden" value="{&quot;sty&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;actrs&quot;:&quot;724289866&quot;,&quot;object_id&quot;:&quot;190173166019&quot;,&quot;fbid&quot;:&quot;206035921019&quot;,&quot;page_id&quot;:&quot;190173166019&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;9&quot;}" />
<div>
<div id="div_story_1819208494_205911271019"><a title="Sandi Eveleth" onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:63:1367893579:6628568379::0:::205911271019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1367893579&amp;ref=mf"><img class="alignleft" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v230/1118/5/q1367893579_9378.jpg" alt="Sandi Eveleth" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
<div>
<div><a rel="dialog" href="http://www.facebook.com/ajax/minifeed/remove_confirm.php?story_id=div_story_1819208494_205911271019&amp;profile_id=190173166019&amp;story_key=5415664009043991984&amp;story_type=63&amp;handler=prof"><span> </span></a><span><a onclick="ft(&quot;4:9:63:1367893579:6628568379::0:::205911271019&quot;);" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1367893579&amp;ref=mf">Sandi Eveleth</a> </span><span>This is a great thing you are doing! Business helping business. Keep doing the right stuff and small business owners will start to take notice through online networking. In these times, we all need a little help. Support each other, recommend each other&#8230;we get that, no matter what type of business you have, we all f<span>&#8230;</span><span>ace the same type of challenges. Grass roots efforts (done with honesty and integrity) will make a difference! </span></span></div>
</div>
<p><span> </span></div>
</div>
<div><a title="David Svatos" href="http://www.facebook.com/davidsvatos"><img class="alignleft" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v226/238/32/q533208595_1343.jpg" alt="David Svatos" width="50" height="50" /></a></div>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/davidsvatos">David Svatos</a> has a great business tip: Never forget that the customer is paying you. You have set their expectations and they should be met, or else you&#8217;re doing something wrong. And listen, listen, listen. The customer will tell you what they want. Don&#8217;t try to tell them what they want.</p>
<p><em><strong>If you haven&#8217;t connected with these people on Facebook you should do and tell them you found out about them on Solutions Are Power.</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Do You Want to Be Higlighted in Our Small Business People of the Week? Head over to our Facebook Page!</strong></em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, become a fan, leave a message on the wall and you too might be profiled in our small businesses of the week here on the blog. You can find our fan page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.networksolutions.com/2009/meet-our-facebook-small-business-people-of-the-week-for-122109/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
